Support for buggy-tops.



N0. 737,731. PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1903. S. D. FRY.

SUPPORT FOR BUGGY TOPS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 24. 1 902.

HO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 1, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN D. FRY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS DAVIES, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

SUPPORT FOR BUGGY-TOPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,731, dated September 1, 1903.

Application filed March 24, 1902. Serial No. 99,675. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN D. FRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Bugg -Tops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in supports for bugg *-tops, and has for its object the reducing of the vibratory movement of the tops when the same are in a reclining or folded position.

The object consists, further, in providing a flexible spring suitably secured to each of the rear ribs of the top, the said springs acting as a cushion for the tops and rest on the extended supports, which are common to all buggies. There are other features, and the arrangement and construction of the several parts will be hereinafter more particularly described and then pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof and on which similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a buggytop, the same being shown in a folded position and shows my combined support or rest in operating position. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail in side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of my combined support or rest. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of one of the ribs and shows how the clamping-yokes encircle and secure the springs to the ribs, and Fig. i is an end view of one of the yokes and shows in dotted lines the manner in which the yoke can be enlarged to increase its circumferonce.

In the drawings, 1 is the seat; 2, the top; 3, the ribs. Secured to the rear ribs of the top 2 are the springs i by means of the clips or yokes 5. The springs 4 are made of flexible material, which is bent round at the ends, as shown, and which ends rest against the face of the ribs. The yokes 5 bear on the curved ends of the springs 4. and encircle the ribs and are clamped by means of the screwbolts 6. The springs 4 reduce the vibratory able band is. required. The clips 5 are made of thin flexible metal, the ends of which are rolled up into a solid body 7, as plainly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. These enlargements 7 each carry a transverse aperture, one of which is threaded. Screw-bolts 6 pass through the apertures, the threaded ends of the bolts 6 engaging with the threaded aperture and whereby the clamping qualities of the bands are procured. When a band of larger circumference is desired, one or both ends of the band is unrolled, say, one wind of the coil, which in turn increases the size of the band. This gives me a band in which various circumferences can be procured.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a flexible support for vehicle-tops, a spring, split bands surrounding the ribs of the top and forming an attachment for the spring, the bands having the ends terminating in cylindrical bodies which provide a means for increasing the size, as and for the purposes described.

2. In a flexible support for vehicle-tops, springs,split bandssurroundingtheribsof the tops and providing a means for securing the springs, bands having the ends terminating in cylindrical bodies carrying a plurality of apertures, as and for the purposes described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 1st day of March, A D. 1902.

STEPHEN 1). FRY. 

